I agree with that I guess. Perhaps I want to say, first, that the kids are just not alright as a matter of principle. But, I do think that this kind of politics really does threaten the viability of the party in the sense that it really does have influence. I'm going to lump this in with identity politics, those that are "woke" vs. those that aren't, those who are "allies" and those who aren't, intolerance for less than 100% agreement, etc. That's the stuff someone at the NYT should get on and that will impact the party.

Is that what they should get on? What about the substantive divisions within the Democratic party?

Well, it's one thing that needs critiquing. Interesting article. I guess I'm more with Faction #2. But, I'm open-minded for an independent as well. When Bernie got shouted down during one of his primary speeches...that's the kind of thing I think is bad for the dems.

Another firing by tweet? What a coward. He can't even live up to the face to face " you're fired" of his tv persona.

What would happen if they just said "I don't read tweets" or " I'm not on twitter" or better yet "there's a correct process for this and until that happens it's business as usual as far as I'm concerned".?

I assume the timing is also meant to distract from the release of that new book on the Russia connection.

Another firing by tweet? What a coward. He can't even live up to the face to face " you're fired" of his tv persona.

What would happen if they just said "I don't read tweets" or " I'm not on twitter" or better yet "there's a correct process for this and until that happens it's business as usual as far as I'm concerned".?

I assume the timing is also meant to distract from the release of that new book on the Russia connection.

Just as likely, distract everyone from Stormy. Firing Rex-T stomps all over that story.

I read that 60% of the career foreign service staff quit under Tillerson, and that job applications for the foreign service are down 50% in the new administration.

Similar to the situation where Trump has failed to fill major administration positions responsible for science and technical policy. It is part of a pattern of completely discounting the value of expertise.

Same pattern in Britain's Foreign Office....

Seems like both countries have taken a leave of absence from political sanity.

I could gloat, since both countries had it coming after their joint effort to steer the world into the abiss by a hap hazard invasion of Iraq.

The lawsuit describes months of strategic planning among Zimmerman, Butowsky and Wheeler to convince the Riches that evidence linked Seth Rich to the DNC leaks. The political motivation behind the story, the suit alleges, was to absolve the Trump administration of the investigation into Russian collusion by showing that the hacking instead came from within — from 27-year-old Creighton University graduate Seth Rich.

So far WH involvement is limited to awareness of the plot. Of course that's an allegation, yet to be proved. Only the sun can prove it will come up tomorrow by coming up tomorrow, though I insist on alleging that it will.

"For many of us, mornings have taken on a certain nauseating sameness. We roll out from beneath the blankets and, before the scent of coffee has reached our nostrils, we are checking the news feeds for the latest semi-literate tweet coughed up by the ranting, traitorous squatter occupying the Oval Office.

The rest of the day is spent in a kind of horrified suspension, holding our breath, waiting for whatever outrage will inevitably belch forth from the White House—once a bastion of seriousness and decorum, now ground zero for the demise of western democracy. How many lies will Trump spew today? Which dictators will he suck up to? Will he smear a Gold Star family? Attack a woman who dares to call out his smarmy predations? Unveil a puerile, racist nickname for a Senator or member of his own cabinet?"

Trump's presidency has been idiotic if we think what's best for the country, but Trump isn't in the office to make the nation better (or great again). He is there to serve himself, his rich friends and donators. He has done amazingly good job at that, don't you think? I'm sure Koch brothers are very very pleased with the tax reform. Great job President Trump!! So, in that context he could be seen as a stable genius he claims to be. Trumps IQ is probably clearly over 100, but the problem is not his IQ, but that he is empty as a person. He is insanely narsicistic and lacks humanity and empathy. He doesn't know how to serve people. He doesn't know what it means, because he is a narsicist without empathy. He simply can't use his intellectual capacity for the benefit of anyone except himself, people close to him and rich donators. Never before has he needed to do that, because he has been insanely priviledged all his life. He was born filthy rich, but mentally very very poor. In functioning democratic societies such people are not elected as presidents. So, blame the utter corruption in the US instead of Trump's IQ. Trump's correct place in inside WWE ring where his narcisism is only beneficial, not in the white house ruining the country and planet for the benefit of Wall Street and Koch brothers.

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